I wonder how hard it'd be to convince them to legislate putting fuses in extension cords. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_q-xnYRugQ
@onfy honestly the british way of putting fuses in plugs sounds pretty sensible at some point
@noiob The British do it for completely different (and honestly idiotic) reasons but yeah.
The really funny thing with British fused plugs is that puzzle Broken Sword had about them... naturally it confused me and probably everyone else.
@onfy no I get that they only have them because they needed to save copper post-war, but for extension cords it'd make sense
have I ever posted about how I'm mad about Tom Scott's "the British plug is the best" video because Schuko is so much better
@noiob I just find the whole ring circuit design awful and wish they could redo it by now, but yeah it was made to save resources. And really what hasn't been shaped by cutting corners?
And yeah Schuko is probably among the best plugs...
@noiob Anyway, basically Broken Sword is an English game but the protagonist is American, and in one part of the game he visits the UK. A man there has a problem with his washing machine or something and the protagonist poses as an appliance repairman in order to get into his basement iirc. It turns out that the problem is that the fuse in his plug has blown, so the protagonist opens the plug and swaps the fuse out with a piece of metal. The joke is that this is really dangerous but as an American he doesn't know how the plug actually works.